Oliver Goldsmith Quotes
The canvas glow'd beyond ev'n Nature warm,The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form.
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My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
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'Punk' doesn't mean Mohawks and safety pins. It's about not conforming.
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My husband had a very strong identity and was successful in his life. Thank God for that. There's no way I can control him. I wouldn't stay married to him if I felt I could. I can readily take my business personality into the home. But he forces me to be a partner rather than the boss.
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I'm not one to take revenge. If someone does something wrong to me I leave it in the hands of the universe to take care of that person.
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You've got to be all-in on this sport; you can't be one foot out the door.
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Although you may spend your life killing, You will not exhaust all your foes. But if you quell your own anger, your real enemy will be slain.
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I was a huge fan of comedy in high school.
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Economically, we are, to some significant degree, interdependent with Chinese well-being. That is a great asset.
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I won't say that I'm an agnostic, since agnosticism maintains that one cannot know... but I'm not averse to the idea of some intelligence or some organizing force that set up the initial conditions of the universe in such a way that ultimately generated stars, planets and life.
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I was always interested in fashion and beauty. I was fifteen when I was scouted in a flea market. Two years later, I arrived in New York. I was in awe because it was like another planet.
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Dreams are the expression of the unconscious while we are asleep.
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Is Bill Clinton so good at politics, or are other politicians so bad?
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Family is extremely important, and home is wherever they're waiting for you. No matter where you are, if you have great support, that's all that matters.
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We did it Disneyland, in the knowledge that most of the people I talked to thought it would be a financial disaster - closed and forgotten within the first year.
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People around me like me the best when I'm depressed because I'm a bit more passive.
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I've heard 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' read, and I tell you Mrs. Stowe's pen hasn't begun to paint what slavery is as I have seen it at the far South. I've seen de real thing, and I don't want to see it on no stage or in no theater.
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I have been getting offers from international artistes for collaboration all across the globe, but I prefer to work with Indian artistes.
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Mass media wants bright lights. Mass media wants crazy clothes.
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The people at festivals are much more open to dance and just sing along. They come right up to the stage and they're very thankful. That's one thing I really appreciate about the yoga culture, that the people are very thankful. They come up to you as much as any fan would, but they express sincere gratitude and I appreciate that.
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Custom is second nature.
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Our knowledge of human nature is for the most part empirical; and it would often be better, if, instead of endeavouring to say some new things ourselves, we were to confirm without more words the sayings of another.
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The Red Cross in its nature, it aims and purposes, and consequently, its methods, is unlike any other organization in the country.It is an organization of physical action, of instantaneous action, at the spur of the moment; it cannot await the ordinary deliberation of organized bodies if it would be of use to suffering humanity,[ellipsis in original] it has by its nature a field of its own.
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Nature is just enough; but men and women must comprehend and accept her suggestions.
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The canvas glow'd beyond ev'n Nature warm,The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form.
